close one’s door to visitors; live in complete seclusion ? 為了完成他的長篇小說,老作家三年來~。The old writer closed his door to visitors in the past three years in order to finish writing his novel.
杜門謝客dù mén xiè kè
過隱居的生活,不與外界交往。close one’s door to visitors, live in complete seclusion, sport one’s oak